Hefei vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$1077
🏠 One person rent	$205	$131
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$240
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$181
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$62.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$238
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	93	28
😀 Quality of life	66	46
🏙️ Population	9.37M	846K

The cost of living in Hefei is 49% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 7405th and 8918th ($625 vs $419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 1st in China and Nepal, respectively. Check China vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 0.6 months in Kathmandu. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 3963rd and 6495th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Kathmandu

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	Hefei	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$1.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$6.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$162
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$84.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$173
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$32.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$9.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	12.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$2191
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$1059
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$8.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$5.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$2.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$3.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$23.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$85.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$3409

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665

Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361